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For what it's worth, even if the core Python developers discontinue support for 2.7 (and they might not, it was originally supposed to EOL this year), there is

For what it's worth, even if the core Python developers discontinue support for 2.7 (and they might not, it was originally supposed to EOL this year), there is enough Python 2.7 code running in the wild, making people money, that some entity will certainly take over maintenance responsibilities. Python 2.7 is here to stay for a very long time if only because of the huge amount of legacy code written in it.

Animats 11y ago
"Python 2.7 is here to stay for a very long time if only because of the huge amount of legacy code written in it." True. It might even outlive Python 3, just as Perl 5 looks like it will outlive Perl 6.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y ago
  It will stick around like Perl4 did and then fade away with time.